mer Pacifique
\mɛʁ pa.si.fik\
The verdict
“mer Pacifique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grand océan entouré par l’Asie, les Amériques, l’Antarctique et l’Australie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mer Pacifique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ pa.si.fik\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mer Pacifique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mer Pacifique is 13 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛʁ pa.si.fik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grand océan entouré par l’Asie, les Amériques, l’Antarctique et l’Australie.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mer Pacifique, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mer Pacifique, spelled M-E-R- -P-A-C-I-F-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Grand océan entouré par l’Asie, les Amériques, l’Antarctique et l’Australie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mer Pacifique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-R- -P-A-C-I-F-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛʁ pa.si.fik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.